From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Kontera: Monetizing My Blog

by Christine on May 28, 2009

in Monetization

I’ll talk about Google AdSense at length in another post I’m sure. I’ve been having a bit of issues getting qualified. I applied for another site last year, but for some reason, I missed the confirmation email. It’s causing me a bit of grief now as I await to qualify.
Since this is a blog about [...]

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Received My First Mock Ups!

by Christine on May 27, 2009

in Ramblings, Site Development

I know I haven’t mentioned anything about what my first site is yet, but I need to tell you that I received my mock ups and I’m so excited!! It’s so cool to finally be able to see my ideas start to take a shape. What’s more is that the business idea is feeling tangible [...]

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The Big Idea

by Christine on May 26, 2009

in Ramblings

Here’s what I can tell you about my first site:
It has to do with strollers.
Why strollers? Because I know a ridiculous amount about them. I am not kidding you when I tell you I purchased four of them:

An overly expensive Bugaboo Frog that hardly anyone had at the time (except Madonna) but I desperately wanted.
When [...]

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How My World Was Rocked

by Christine on May 25, 2009

in Ramblings

So what did Kevin inspire me to do?
He rocked my world, actually. I left that coffee session wondering what would happen if I created several sites using a small amount of capital. After all, my needs are modest. I’m not really in it for big business. We aren’t talking about millions of dollars that will [...]

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The Inspiration

by Christine on May 22, 2009

in Ramblings

A few weeks ago, I was having lunch with Kevin, my friend and former boss. I owe Kevin quite a bit. He gave me the two most pivotal jobs in my short career – my first as a project manager in an interactive consulting company, and a second as a director in the digital media department for a major media company.

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Hello World!

by Christine on May 21, 2009

in Ramblings

I’m starting this blog for women who are interested in making money online. Really, it’s a personal experiment to see if I can apply my working knowledge of what I do all day (build web sites) and see if it can translate to something monetizable. It’s also because based upon a ton of blogs out [...]

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